THIEF’S MAGIC

Au­thor: Trudi Cana­van Pub­lisher: Or­bit This first in the Mil­len­nium’s Rule se­ries has two story strands which never connect: one con­cerns an ar­chae­ol­ogy stu­dent who dis­cov­ers a mind- read­ing, sen­tient book; the other a mag­i­cally gifted young woman in a so­ci­ety where magic’s taboo. We said: “Cana­van sticks with ev­ery­day peo­ple rather than princes and princesses. Add some de­light­ful world- build­ing and the re­sult is a vivid and en­joy­able ex­pe­ri­ence.”